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Highlight the importance of the preStop hook when configuring Kubernetes probes by dsyer · Pull Request #48936 · spring-projects/spring-boot

@wilkinsona wilkinsona changed the title Add some more detail regarding Kubernetes probes Highlight the importance of the preStop hook when configuring Kubernetes probes

Jan 22, 2026

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Graceful shutdown is not sufficient on its own to ensure that in-flight
requests are handled during pod termination. The preStop hook should be
used to provide sufficient time for in-flight requests.

Signed-off-by: Dave Syer <david.syer@broadcom.com>

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Jan 23, 2026 
Graceful shutdown is not sufficient on its own to ensure that in-flight
requests are handled during pod termination. The preStop hook should be
used to provide sufficient time for in-flight requests.

Signed-off-by: Dave Syer <david.syer@broadcom.com>

See gh-48936

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Jan 23, 2026